Movie Theater Closed

Remembering the Movie Theater

The movie theater I once worked at years ago closed for good recently. To anticipate longtime readers' follow up question, yes. It was the location notorious for high strangeness that's been featured on this blog before. But whether or not it really harbored ghosts, that defunct theater has joined other…
June 4, 202418 Comments
Pope Francis

Pope Francis Is on a Roll

Despite having taken flak from certain vocal quarters of conservative and traditionalist Catholicism over the past decade, Pope Francis is on a roll when it comes to breaking Death Cult taboos. Following widely circulated stories of the Holy Father reaffirming Church laws banning homosexuals and women from the priesthood, recent…
June 3, 202412 Comments
Donald Trump

As Predicted, Donald Trump Convicted in Show Trial

Longtime readers are aware that I've been saying for years that the regime would railroad Donald Trump on upjumped charges. Now, as predicted, a New York judge has convicted Donald Trump in a highly publicized show trial. NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former American president to…
May 31, 20249 Comments
Star Trek Horror

Star Trek Is Zombie Horror

Recent interactions on X revived the evergreen debate over which genre Star Trek belongs in. Writer Isaac Young sparked the discussion with this incisive thread. But it was user Brainwright who introduced a related topic that bears on today's meditation: Related: Star Trek—The Motion Picture Miles of page inches have…
May 30, 202410 Comments
Cassidy

Cassidy Guilty of Being Christian

Christian hero Michael Cassidy, who took Christ's universal kingship seriously enough to purge the Iowa state capitol of a demonic idol, has been sentenced by that state's temporal rulers. A Mississippi man who damaged a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa's state Capitol pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced…
May 29, 20245 Comments
Pope Francis

Pope Francis Bans Gay Priests in No Uncertain Terms

Since early in his reign, Pope Francis has faced sharp criticism from Conservatives and traditionalists for alleged Modernist beliefs. Some of his more vocal critics accuse Francis of differing with unchangeable Church teaching on the sin of sodomy. These allegations stem from misrepresented statements he made in 2013 and, more…
May 28, 20247 Comments
St. Carlo Acutis

Millennial Saint of Gamers

In the latest sign of spiritual renewal in the Catholic Church, the announcement came down yesterday that Blessed Carlo Acutis will be canonized. The fifteen-year-old Italian web designer gained acclaim for his cataloging of eucharistic miracles. Now, Pope Francis has officially recognized a second miracle attributed to Acutis' intercession, clearing…
May 24, 20244 Comments
Y

Defining and Defending Gen Y

Every time we pull Generation Y out of the memory hole, Gen Y deniers come out of the woodwork to parrot Madison Avenue's gaslighting against it. Not that it mattes. Because the establishment sources they cite just end up defining and defending Gen Y. Frequent readers may remember the AdAge…
May 23, 202419 Comments
2D 5

How AAA Studios Killed 2D

A recent thread on X by author JD Cowan kicked off a trip down gaming memory lane. In particular, he addressed how AAA studios killed 2D games for a generation. Related: FF7: The 1st Unfinished AAA Game? JD is right. The fifth home video game console generation was when game…
May 22, 202418 Comments
Vietnam Doll Head

The Curse of the Vietnam Doll

No stranger to high strangeness himself, Catholic Answers head apologist Jimmy Akin shares a spooky occurrence that his college friends experienced. From the archives of Jimmy Akin's Mystgerious World, please enjoy "The Curse of the Vietnam Doll". ... [D]olls exist in the uncanny valley. As people will be aware, the…
May 21, 2024